The Federal Republic of Daulmark is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by President Artur Hohenbeck with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, sprawling nuclear power plants, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed population of 8.599 billion Daulmārkians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Levastok. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Daulmārkian economy, worth a remarkable 2,223 trillion Dyoshkas a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 258,536 Dyoshkas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Treaties are taken to be mere rules of thumb, government negotiators never forget to say "pretty please" when begging for custody of its criminals, whenever pilots have to bail out the government bails out their company, and home renovation projects take decades to complete. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Daulmark's national animal is the Noskyavian Stag, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Astlopithican Axonity.

Daulmark is ranked 2,778^th in the world and 32^nd in Confederation of Corrupt Dictators for Most Corrupt Governments, with 301.92 kickbacks per hour.